Do you have enough patience?
By msedge
@msedge (4011)
United States
August 14, 2008 4:19pm CST
Trying (but failing) to see your goals realized can be frustrating. Margaret Thatcher once said "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it," and she was absolutely right. You've got to believe that you will succeed! Never admit defeat as long as time and effort remain. Our greatest asset is patience; our greatest weakness is throwing in the towel. Banish discouragement and feelings of impossibility by working hard, doing more, and not giving in.
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@SydneyHazelton (4586)
• Singapore
14 Aug 08
There are times when I feel like giving up , especially in trying to make mone online. But I just don't feel like going back to work. So, I have to presevere and continue my struggle. Nobody said that it was going to be easy. You're right, patience is a virtue. I also need to work really hard to get what I want. Keep on going!
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@ajesh_pullad (2251)
• India
15 Aug 08
You may have to fight the battle once to win it. Really nice one. I noted down in my mind.
I believe i have this patience. My patience saved me from so many bad situations, that may tend to fail. I know its hard to show patience in today's scenario. thanks
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
14 Aug 08
I have patience for my goals, but not when they invole other people. I am workig on a ather sticky repair with my compue this atenoon. I hae the patience o a saint when I am working on such repairs, and I don't complain. A computer is an object. The momet a person gets on my case about something I lose my patience, ecaue the person won't leave me alone and contributes to the problem, whereas the computer itsself doesn't cange anything. I just have to fix it.
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@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
15 Aug 08
These are very powerful words you have about patience. It truly is a good thing to possess. I consider myself to have a lot of patience. I also have tolerance too. I think it is important to have these traits because it is not good to lose our tempers and have them flare. Sometimes lack of patience in people can lead to violence. There is no sense in all of that.
Perseverance is also a good trait to have. I suppose it comes in line with patience and tolerance. Not giving in or throwing in the towel so you have said is our greatest weakness. Why should we quit when we have so much to offer. If we fail then all we need to do is try again. There are a lot of great minds out there and famous people who have failed in their lives and picked themselves back up and they succeeded. These people are a good bunch to look up to and follow.
To keep striving for success is a very good characteristic because we want to also be good role models for our children. We need to show them it is always important to try and that we accept their faults and we want to continue to inspire them to keep going on in life.
I believe that is our jobs as parents to have our children look up to us. Give them some knowledge and patience and they can go a long way.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
19 Aug 08
You are very welcome and thanks for the appreciation. I am happy that you were touched by my words.